Flat-iron.



No. 819,761. PATENTED MAY 8, 1906. v F. JOHNSON.

FLAT IRON.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.8, 1905.

STATES ATENT FFIOE.

FRITZ JOHNSON, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO JOHNSON COMBINED PRESSING & REFINISHING (30., OF RAOINE, WISCON- SIN. A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

FLAT-IRON.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

'r'atented may 8, 1956.

' Application filed March 8,1905. Serial No. 248,345.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRITZ JonNsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flat-Irons, of which the followin is a specification, reference being had to t e accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The main objects of this invention are to moisten clothes or textile fabrics effectively and evenly while they are being pressed, to do more and better work, and generally to improve the construction and operation of devices of this class.

It consists in certain novel features of construction and in the peculiar arrangement and combinations of parts hereinafter particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings like letters designate the same parts in the several figures.

Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 1 1, Fig. 3, of a flat-iron embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the fiat-iron, portions of its perforated smoothing-face being broken away; and Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section of the flatiron on the line 3 3, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, m is a cham; bered fiat-iron having a perforated smoothing-face n, which ma consist of a thin metal plate screwed to the ase of the iron near its margin. The bottom of the iron is recessed or formed with intersecting channels 0, adj acent to the perforations in the smoothing face or plate a and communicating with a passage pin the body of the iron. This passage is connected by a flexible tube 9 with a steam or-water pipe or other convenient source of steam-su ply. A cock 1' is connected to said tube, or controlling and regulating the sup 1 of steam or Water to the iron and the dblivery of steam through its perforated smoothing -face. to the article which is being pressed.

The iron is preferably chambered and provided with a as-burner s or other means for heating it .whi c it is in use. The gas-burner when used for this purpose is connected by a flexible tube t, having a controlling and regulating cock u with a gas-pipeor other convenient source of gas or fuel supply.

In the operation of the fiat-iron the cloth or fabric as it is pressed is evenly moistened by steam delivered to it in fine jets through the perforated smoothing face or plate n of the iron. The supply of steam and the deee' of moisture imparted to the cloth or abric are easily controlled and regulated by means of the cock 1. This method of moistening cloth or fabric as it is being pressed facilitates the operation of pressing or smoothing and results in more even and better work. The method herein shown and described of moistenin the cloth or fabric b means of steam dehvered thereto from t e fiat-iron itself avoids the danger of overheating the smoothing-face of the iron and of scorching the cloth or fabric.

Various changes in details of construction and arrangement of parts may be made without materially afiecting the operation and rinciple of the device and without departing om t vention.

I claim 1. {A fiat-iron having a recessed base, perforations opening therefrom through its smoothing-face, a separate heating-chamber within its body and a flexible connection for suppl 'ng a moistenin cesse base, substantial y as described.

2. A fiat-iron having a heater-chamber within its body and intersecting channels in the bottom, a perforated smoothing-plate attached thereto with its erforations in communication with said 0 annels, and a flexible connection for supplying a moistene spirit and intended scope of the inmedium to its resupplying fuel and a moistenin medium to moistening medium to the burner and to the 10 the burner and to the perforate 'smoothingrecessed base of the iron, substantially as deface, substantially as described. scribed.

4. In 'a, fiat-iron the combination of a In Witness whereof I hereto afiix my signa- 5 chambered body havinga recessed base andture in presence of two Witnesses;

a perforated bottomsmoothing-surface, a FRITZ JOHNSON. burner in the chambered body for heating Witnesses:

the iron, and flexible tubes provided with FLORA HoFMEIsTER,

regulating-valves for supplying fuel and a E. G. ILWANDT. 

